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Newsbeat: 12/08/2015

12/08/2015

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The number of parents taken to court over children skipping school has increased.

The number of parents taken to court over children skipping school has increased, plus the friend of a teenager who died at Kendal Calling says it could happen to anyone.

Today's top news: The number of parents in England taken to court after their children skipped school is up and the friend of a teenager who died after taking a dodgy pill at Kendal Calling festival says it could happen to anyone. Plus Bastille have told us that no-one thought they would make it and ahead of tonight's Grime Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall in London, we look back at the history of the music genre.

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